National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by Occupation*

Agent Name FISCHER-TROPSCH WAX
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code M3213

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 205  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 105 7
448 SUPERVISORS, CLEANING AND BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS 28  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 16,848 5,746
575 ELECTRICIANS 65  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 559  
679 BOOKBINDERS 716 239
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,644 187
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 8,242 2,061
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 16,149 1,263
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 72 18
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 868 868
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 363  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,762 1,020
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 438 140
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 3,377 257
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 91  
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 91  
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 819  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 65  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 425  
TOTAL 53,932 11,806

*(1) The estimates for each occupation apply across the surveyed industries in which the agent was observed. Not all industries were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed industries. (2) When using the estimates, standard errors associated with estimates should be considered. (3) Potential exposures to a chemical agent are categorized as actual (i.e., the surveyor observed the use of the specific agent) or tradename (i.e., the surveyor observed the use of a tradename product known to contain the specific agent). The estimates presented in the table combine both categories.

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